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Herbarium specimen: Berteroa incana

Taxon:Brassicaceae: Berteroa incana (L.) DC. ("Hoary Alison")
named by Herbert William Pugsley
Other name:Alyssum incanum
Filed in taxon folder:Brassicaceae: Berteroa incana (L.) DC. ("Hoary Alison")
Collected by:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
Collection date:9/8/1930
Locality:Great Britain, VC6 North Somerset, Brislington, ST66, Sandstone bank on sandstone
ex herb:Mr Harold Stuart Thompson
exchanged:Watson Botanical Exchange Club
Institution:South London Botanical Institute (SLBI)
Image:Berteroa incana herbarium specimen from Brislington, VC6 North Somerset in 1930 by Mr Harold Stuart Thompson.
fruits/flowers:mature flowers
notes:Increasingly well established since 1915 - H S Thompson. The only Alyssum that makes its apperance in Surrey - J Fraser. [etc... Report]
Yes Flora of Bristol (1912) gives it as a casual not established in the district, but it has persisted at Brislington since 1915 - I M Roper
A widely distributed Central European species frequent in West Germany and occurring not uncommonly as an alien in Britain. I think it is best regarded not as an Alyssum but as Berteroa incana - H W Pugsley
Filing note:Alyssum incarnum

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Documented by ml.roberts on 27th January 2011.

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